Recent content by Imperialistic

no, I wasn't making a blanket statement that Immortals are quote-unquote better than War Chariots. All I'm saying is that Immortals have its own uses, and in some (not uncommon) situations they are better than WCs. Conversely, in other situations, WCs are better. I think one issue with...

that was in the context of fortified Immortals in the field, to pillage improvements, deter the AI from rebuilding them, and kill any settlers/workers that venture out of the city.

yes, totally agree that if you're fast, it's quite common to catch the AI without spears. Just saying this becomes less likely if you have to settle a far away location for horse, or if it takes even the 2-move chariots 15+ turns just to walk to the AI's lands. I usually play 3-continent...

I find Immortals to be materially better in the event that your horse resource is far away, AI gets BFC (or nearby) metal, the AI is far away location-wise or you need to cross huge swaths of jungle/forests to get to their land. All of which are not unusual. In that case, by the time your...

3107: You are afraid to ask favors from your friends (-1: you made an arrogant demand!), or say no to them (-1: you refused to help us!). You also unfriended on Facebook anyone your best friends don't get along with, to avoid -4: you traded with our worst enemies! Above all, you are most...

That's actually a ballista - not anachronistic at all when you needed seige weapons and have not researched construction.

I finished the game with a late'ish diplo victory. Looking at the end-game replay, yeah I definitely DoW'ed too early. Declared on Toku in 1650 and took me almost 150 years to capture his 5 cities (for the reasons mentioned in earlier posts). Probably would have taken less time had I...

perhaps he's running Mercantilism (no foreign trade routes)?

Thanks everyone for the helpful tips. I originally planned to sweep the whole continent right after rifles, but failed because when I DoW'ed on Toku, I made war plans against a weak 5-city AI with longbows, started warring with relatively small number of rifles and cannons, thinking that most...

yes that makes sense. It's the first time I saw this event - most of the time they involve diplo hits, not outright involuntary declaration of war! This is by far the most outrageous event, especially when I don't even have a spy out to the AI in question.

on an unrelated note, would you guys happen to know what the heck happened here? I was told during AI's turn that I've declared war on Ethiopia, which I most certainly did not. The log mentioned something about an infiltrator. I did not have any spies, great spies, or troops in or near...

is over-drafting/whipping still viable in a hemisphere map? I agree this usually works great in pangea, but in hemisphere maps conquering another continent means a loooong war if done before modern era (on 3-continent standard map the AIs easily settle 30 cities on each continent). Between the...

PG as in Panzer General? Good stuff. That's one game that got artillery bombardment right. *hint hint* civ developers That's a good idea, should have just let his damaged SoD sit in the field. Definitely didn't think of it before (not to mention the OCD in me wanted those damaged enemy...

I did have 8 cannons, which I suicided on the AI's first couple of SoD's. Haven't researched the Artillery tech, but am going to use aircraft to knock down cultural defenses. It takes time to walk 1-move ground troops up to the AI's cities anyway; gives the planes something to do in the mean...

in the spirit of the in-game random event: new World Project: Civilization 4 Can turn 2 citizens into the CivFanatics specialist (-2 :hammers:, +2 :)). An additional -2 :hammers: upon completion of the "CFC Forum" World Project. In addition, 2 angry citizens due to RNG rage (95% combat...